Mark Charles Darwin Day (12 February) by asking big questions about the ways in which First Nation knowledge can be reconciled with Western scientific traditions.
How can we reconcile scientific knowledge with the intimacy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ knowledge systems?
Come and explore the Macleay collection’s amazing animals in this guided tour of the Natural Selections exhibition lead by curator Dr Jude Philp.
The image is of Charles Darwin’s Flea (NHEN.30407) on display in Natural Selections throughout February.
Dr Jude Philp is Senior Curator of the Macleay Collections at the Chau Chak Wing Museum. Prior to her work at the University of Sydney Jude has worked in the anthropology divisions at the Australian Museum and the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge (where she also undertook her PhD). Her research centres on 19th-century collections and cultural interactions of people from the Torres Strait and south-east coastal Papua New Guinea. In her role with the Macleay Collections, Dr Philp is interested in stimulating research into the collections and increasing the purposefulness of museum holdings through exhibition, research and events. As part of this commitment to connecting the Collections to conversations across the University of Sydney and beyond.
